These custom black leather coasters were created by Mureli Workshop as a real personalized project for The Bee’s Knees in West Columbia, South Carolina.

The design combines the club name, a detailed bee illustration, botanical elements, regional identity, and the establishment year — Est. 2026. This makes the coasters more than simply branded drink accessories. They become commemorative pieces connected to the beginning of a club, community, lounge, organization, or hospitality project.

This format is especially suitable for founding member gifts, charter member gifts, club opening gifts, member welcome packages, anniversary sets, and personalized accessories for private club and lounge spaces.

The coasters are sold as a set of 4 and are available in two diameters:

• 10 cm / 3.94 in
• 12 cm / 4.72 in

Each coaster is individually finished and hand-stitched around the perimeter using a traditional saddle stitch, adding a visible handcrafted detail to the minimalist black-on-black design.

Founding Member Gift

One of the main ideas behind this model is a personalized gift for founding members or charter members.

When a new club, private community, lounge, association, hospitality concept, or membership organization is created, its first members often become part of its earliest history. A personalized leather coaster set can preserve that moment in a practical object designed to remain in use for years.

The design can combine:

• club or community name
• custom emblem or logo
• city and state
• establishment year
• founding date
• short commemorative phrase
• Founding Member text
• Charter Member text
• opening year
• event name
• other elements connected with the organization’s history

The set can be presented individually or included in a member welcome box, commemorative package, club opening set, or personalized gift collection.

Regional Identity in the Design

One of the distinctive elements of this completed project is the inclusion of the location — West Columbia, South Carolina.

Adding a city, state, neighborhood, club location, or another geographic reference helps connect the piece with the place where the organization began.

A custom design can include:

• city
• state
• neighborhood
• clubhouse name
• building name
• coordinates
• opening year
• founding date
• local symbol
• other regional details

This approach works particularly well for private clubs, local communities, lounges, hospitality groups, neighborhood organizations, tasting rooms, and membership-based spaces where location is part of the identity.

Club Logo and Establishment Year

The project shown in the photos combines several design elements within one embossed composition:

• The Bee’s Knees name
• detailed bee illustration
• botanical branches
• honeycomb symbol
• Est. 2026
• West Columbia, SC location

This format makes it possible to transform a simple logo into a more complete commemorative composition.

For a new order, we can work with your existing emblem or create an embossing layout that combines your logo, organization name, location, year, and other meaningful details.

The client artwork and text shown in the photos belong to a previous custom project and are not included with a new order.

Examples shown are for demonstration only.

Black-on-Black Blind Embossing

The coasters shown are made from black leather and personalized with blind embossing without colored foil.

The logo, lettering, and decorative elements appear through depth, light, and shadow, creating a subtle tone-on-tone black finish.

This restrained style works especially well for:

• private clubs
• member lounges
• social clubs
• country clubs
• professional associations
• executive communities
• clubhouse bars
• hotel member areas
• tasting rooms
• hospitality spaces
• premium corporate events
• home bars and private lounges

The black-on-black finish allows the personalization to remain visible while keeping the overall appearance minimal and sophisticated.

Detailed Custom Embossing

This project demonstrates that personalization can include much more than simple initials or a short line of text.

The embossed artwork includes:

• detailed bee illustration
• wings and fine graphic elements
• botanical branches
• honeycomb symbol
• organization name
• establishment year
• regional designation

Before production, detailed artwork is evaluated according to coaster size, line thickness, lettering size, and overall readability.

If necessary, the artwork can be adapted specifically for the round coaster format while preserving the character of the original design.

Available Sizes

The coasters are available in two round sizes:

• 10 cm / 3.94 in diameter
• 12 cm / 4.72 in diameter

The 10 cm size provides a classic coaster format suitable for most glasses, cups, and barware.

The larger 12 cm version creates a more substantial presentation surface and provides additional space for detailed logos, longer organization names, locations, dates, or more complex commemorative artwork.

Hand Saddle Stitching

Each coaster is hand-stitched around the perimeter using a traditional saddle stitch.

Unlike a simple decorative machine seam, saddle stitching is created manually, stitch by stitch. The stitching forms a defined border around the round leather construction and emphasizes the handcrafted character of the piece.

For the black version shown, black thread is used to maintain the monochrome appearance and complement the blind embossed design.

The combination of leather, dimensional embossing, and hand saddle stitching makes each set feel more like a crafted commemorative object than a standard promotional coaster.

Set of 4

This product is sold as a set of 4 leather coasters.

A set can be used for:

• home bar
• private lounge
• founding member gift
• charter member gift
• member welcome box
• commemorative gift set
• clubhouse table
• executive office
• reception area
• hospitality space
• partner gift
• committee member gift

For clubs, organizations, hospitality businesses, and membership programs, larger quantities of matching sets can also be produced.

Member Welcome and Appreciation Gift

Although this listing is primarily positioned as a founding member gift, the same format can be adapted for many other membership occasions.

Personalized leather coaster sets can be created for:

• new members
• charter members
• founders
• board or committee members
• club presidents
• community leaders
• partners
• sponsors
• honorary guests
• anniversary participants
• long-term members
• event winners
• opening teams

Different editions can use different establishment years, event dates, membership titles, or commemorative inscriptions while maintaining the same overall visual identity.

Clubhouse and Lounge Use

These coasters can also be used as permanent accessories inside the club or hospitality space rather than solely as gifts.

They are suitable for:

• clubhouse bars
• member lounges
• private dining rooms
• reception areas
• tasting rooms
• conference rooms
• executive offices
• VIP areas
• boutique hospitality spaces
• event venues
• private guest areas
• home bars

For this type of use, the design can feature either a simple logo or a complete composition with the organization name, location, and establishment year.

Custom Embossing Die

For an individual club or organization design, a dedicated physical embossing die can be created.

After the first production run, the client’s die can be retained for future repeat orders.

This is useful when an organization plans to:

• order gifts for future members
• expand a clubhouse coaster set
• create anniversary editions
• produce sets for another location
• replace individual coasters
• order additional leather products using the same emblem

A custom die created for one client’s individual artwork is reserved for that client’s orders.

Individual and Bulk Orders

Mureli Workshop can produce both individual sets and larger quantities for clubs, organizations, membership communities, hospitality projects, and corporate programs.

Across a larger order, we can maintain consistent:

• coaster diameter
• leather color
• logo placement
• embossing scale
• thread appearance
• overall visual style

Different sets can also be adapted with specific years, event names, membership titles, locations, or short inscriptions when required.

Volume Pricing may be available for larger quantities.

Real Mureli Workshop Project

The photographs on this page show a real custom project created by Mureli Workshop for The Bee’s Knees in West Columbia, South Carolina.

The client name is shown only to document the completed project and demonstrate our ability to produce detailed personalized leather coasters.

This does not imply partnership, sponsorship, endorsement, or official affiliation between the client and Mureli Workshop.

A new club, lounge, association, membership community, hospitality business, or private customer can use this construction as a starting point and adapt it with their own logo, location, establishment year, commemorative message, or custom artwork.

Key Features

• Material: leather
• Color shown: black
• Round shape
• Set of 4 coasters
• Available diameter: 10 cm / 3.94 in
• Available diameter: 12 cm / 4.72 in
• Hand-stitched perimeter
• Traditional saddle stitch
• Blind embossed custom design
• Black-on-black personalization
• Club logo personalization available
• Location and establishment year can be included
• Detailed custom artwork available
• Suitable for founding member gifts
• Suitable for charter member gifts
• Suitable for club opening gifts
• Suitable for member welcome and appreciation gifts
• Suitable for clubhouse and lounge use
• Available without personalization
• Individual and bulk orders available
• Volume Pricing may be available for larger quantities

What Is Included

• 4 leather coasters in the selected diameter

Glasses, barware, gift boxes, and other display accessories are not included unless specifically arranged as part of a custom order.

We use top-grain calf leather and carefully select it for each type of product. Where strength and structural stability are needed, we choose denser sections of the leather. Where elasticity, softness, and a more natural texture matter, we use more flexible parts of the material.

For example, we cut leather desk pads along the upper line of the hide, which is usually flatter and more even. Rolls, on the other hand, are cut along the lower line of the hide, which is more elastic and often has a more interesting natural texture. This approach allows us to combine aesthetics, functionality, and durability in the right way.

For corporate orders, we can also offer a wider range of calf leather depending on the requirements of a particular project and the needs of the brand.

Since leather is a natural material, each product has its own unique characteristics. The shade, texture, density, and surface character may vary slightly from what you see in the photos. This is part of the value of genuine leather — every изделие preserves the living character of the material and its natural uniqueness.

Any personalization shown in the photos in our listings, including logos, names, initials, or text, is provided for demonstration purposes only. By default, we sell our products without personalization. If you would like to add your own logo, name, or text, please leave your request in the Comment field during checkout.

In many cases, we can complete laser engraving directly at the warehouse and ship the order on the same day, so this usually does not affect the dispatch time. If embossing with a metal die is required, the work is completed in our workshop in Ukraine, so delivery usually takes about 9 days instead of 1–3 days for orders shipped from our warehouse in the USA.

If the personalization includes the customer’s logo, our designer first prepares a digital mockup for approval. For wholesale and corporate orders, we also produce the first item from the batch as a sample, approve it separately, and only after the second approval do we proceed with the full production run.

If the order is shipped from Ukraine, we independently pay all customs duties and mandatory charges regardless of the destination country, so the customer does not face additional costs or difficulties when receiving the parcel.